Should it be Taught?

Black vs. white, good vs evil. A constant battle against racism. In the past, many people suffered from discrimination, and it is sad to say schools were one the biggest targets of this disease. For instance, the author of the book Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo Beals, writes about how she was the target of her school and suffered years of discrimination and segregation while she attended an all white school. Because this disease hit schools the hardest, it should be a priority to teach racism in schools and have every student at some point read the book Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals.

Many readers may question why we should be learning about a thing of the past, the answer is simple. Racism isn’t history; it never was and most likely never will be. Many believe that once slavery was abolished, so was racism. Racism just went into the shadows and now is slowly making its way back out. In May of 1955, when Melba Beals decided to push an education and go to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; she didn’t expect that she would be discriminated against. …show more content…
On Melba’s sixteenth birthday, she writes in her diary, “Please,God, let me learn how to stop being a warrior. Sometimes I just need to be a girl.”(Beals 217) Beals’ party isn’t a huge success; no one shows up, except for Vince, and he leaves earlier than expected. This really shows the impact that racism had on everyone. No one felt safe around Melba Beals; therefore, decided not to go to her party. Also no one ever invited her to their parties. She realizes that this was a never ending battle, and she will have to make herself tough to gain more courage and fight for her freedom. If this book is read by teenagers, especially girls, they will definitely feel the pain of Melba and they will make a connection to racism and how girls at that age were affected this